hold together

Example Sentences

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A spoonful should hold together — but only just.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

“If negotiations hold together and inflation comes broadly in line with expectations, risk sentiment is likely to improve, allowing BTC to test the $76k area,” Bitbank analyst Yuya Hasegawa wrote in a research note.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

He hopes Syria's mosaic of religions and sects can hold together.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Douglass now recognized Lincoln’s early caution as wise statecraft, a way to hold together a North where many opposed slavery but balked at equality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Considering the design of this new system of control, it is astonishing that so many people labeled criminals still manage to care for and feed their children, hold together marriages, obtain employment, and start businesses.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander